Senior Project Planner: BESS & Renewable Energy (Hybrid)

Mint Selection | B Corp; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangement

Pension scheme

Performance-based bonus

LTIP

Job summary

Mint Selection | B Corp is recruiting a Senior Project Planner to support delivery of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK. You will drive planning from inception to completion, ensuring schedules, costs, and resources align with project targets and safety standards.

You will work in a hybrid setup with senior stakeholders, using Primavera P6 and PowerBI to monitor performance, produce baselines, and implement corrective actions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven project planning experience in M&E projects.
• Strong expertise in schedule coordination, cost forecasting, and earned value management.
• Solid understanding of SIMOPS, contractor schedule validation, and risk analysis.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and PowerBI.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive mindset with a strong focus on delivering high-impact renewable energy projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan and monitor full project lifecycles, reporting progress to senior leadership and project managers.
• Coordinate schedules, costs, and resource models, including developing “what-if” scenarios to mitigate project risks.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to align timelines and validate contractor schedules.
• Analyse schedule and cost variances, ensure SIMOPS compliance, and recommend corrective actions to meet deadlines and budgets.
• Support progress reporting, baseline schedule development, and risk management processes.
• Contribute to lessons learned documentation and project closeout activities.

Skills

Project planning

Schedule coordination

Earned value management

SIMOPS

Contractor schedule validation

Risk analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Proactive mindset

Tools

Primavera P6

PowerBI

Job description

Mint Selection | B Corp is recruiting a Senior Project Planner to support delivery of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK. You will drive planning from inception to completion, ensuring schedules, costs, and resources align with project targets and safety standards.

You will work in a hybrid setup with senior stakeholders, using Primavera P6 and PowerBI to monitor performance, produce baselines, and implement corrective actions.